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Blogs
May 23, 2013
Save San Onofre Coalition Files 2 Lawsuits to Stop Foothill/Eastern (241) Toll Road Extension
The Save San Onofre coalition filed two lawsuits in San Diego Superior Court Wednesday aimed at stopping what it considers the first five-mile segment of a 16-mile toll road that would ultimately cut through a south Orange County park and up against a northern San Diego County beach.The complaints a ... More >>
Blogs
May 14, 2013
Federal Judges Rule San Onofre Can't Reopen Without Full Public Hearing
In yet another major setback for the scandal-plagued San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) has ruled that the power plant may not open without a full public review. In doing so, the panel of federal judges granted a petition filed by the enviro ... More >>
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May 2, 2013
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May 1, 2013
San Onofre Nuke Plant Could Permanently Close This Year
Southern California Edison (SCE), which operates the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), has apparently acknowledged for the first time that it may have no choice but to shutter the aging plant later this year. SCE is hoping that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will approve its ... More >>
Blogs
April 24, 2013
L.A. City Council Joins Anti-San Onofre Nuke Plant Chorus
So far most of the noise being generated against the re-opening of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) has come from environmental watchdog groups. But now, the city of Los Angeles has joined the chorus of opposition. Yesterday, the city council passed a unanimous, 11 to 0 vote, callin ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2013
[Update: NRC Gives Preliminary Approval] SCE Wants to Restart Troubled San Onofre Nuke Plant This June
*See next page for an update on new developments in this story.Original Post, April 9, 4:56 p.m.: For months, Southern California Edison has been desperately trying to find ways to restart the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The troubled nuke plant has been shut down for more than a year, eve ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2013
The Intimidator Still Lives in our Hearts: Re-Introducing Gary Amdahl, the Inland Empire's Chekhov
The far and wide of readerly reach is often rewarded with time to linger, camp out, even put down roots in that place where resides, writes, exists a favorite writer, a discovery, a prize, a locale in which things happen which further complicate, define, explain and challenge. Devotion to artists, w ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2013
[UPDATE: Hearing Scheduled, But Where?] SCE Scrambling For Ways to Turn On Troubled San Onofre Nuke Plant
*See end of post for an update.Original Post, March 22, 12:41 p.m.: For months, Southern California Edison has been trying to avoid having to go through a lengthy regulatory process that would force the company to prove that continued operation of the company's San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2013
San Onofre Nuke Officials Buried Evidence Of Problems, Report Says
Last week, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) released a report showing that both that company and Southern California Edison (SCE) knew that replacement steam generators built by Mitsubishi for SCE's San Onofre Nuclear Generating system had major design problems as far back as 2005. The report furth ... More >>
Blogs
February 23, 2013
Ace Hoffman, Legendary Anti-Nukes Activist, on Our Ace Hoffman Cover Story This Week!
Our cover story this week, on legendary anti-nukes activist Ace Hoffman, has already generated mucho buzz and kind words. But it was very nice to get a letter from Hoffman himself.Of course, Hoffman being Hoffman, it wasn't just your usual gracias but a piece of art unto itself complete with stats, ... More >>
News
February 21, 2013
Ace Hoffman Is Tilting at 'Nofre
The anti-nuke activist has spent years fighting the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. Now, the impossible is on his horizon: its permanent shutdown
Blogs
February 19, 2013
Gustavo's Latest "Orange County Line" for KCRW: On the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant!
I usually don't like to tell people what our coming cover stories are (unless you're my Facebook friend, in which I like to post pictures of layouts of especially hilarious features), but I can tell ustedes that this coming Thursday will be a doozy: it'll be a profile of Ace Hoffman, the legendary a ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2013
Trestles Wins State Historical Landmark Nod and Now Goes for National Recognition
Self-proclaimed historical preservationist and Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach blogged last month that he had "a hard time swallowing" a proposal to designate Trestles beach and San Onofre State Park historical landmarks.Someone give that man the Heimlich maneuver because the California State ... More >>
Blogs
January 8, 2013
John Moorlach, County Board of Supes Chairman, Goes Toe to Toes on the Nose with Surfrider Over Trestles Landmark Designation
It's unclear what's bigger news: that Orange County Board of Supervisors Chairman John Moorlach is a "fan" of the Surfrider Foundation or that the longtime GOP conservative powerbroker is dubious of the San Clemente-based clean-water activists proposal to have Trestles declared a California His ... More >>
Blogs
January 7, 2013
Remembering Huell Howser, Fan of OC Weekly, Lover of OC, Antagonist of OC Republicans
I'm still in shock over the news that Huell Howser, the greatest Californian since Hiram Johnson, has left us. He passed away last night of natural causes, leaving behind a legacy of Cali love that my alma mater, Chapman University, will guard forever.All the pundits of the Golden State will weigh i ... More >>
Blogs
November 14, 2012
[BREAKING:] California Coastal Commission Denies PG&E Seismic Studies Off Central Coast
See the breaking news update at the end of this post on the Coastal Commission's denial of PG&E's seismic studies proposal and foe Surfrider's reaction.ORIGINAL POST, NOV. 13, 12:02 P.M.: As the Coastal Commission considers Pacific Gas & Electric's Fukushima-inspired plan to fire underwater ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2012
San Onofre Nuclear Plant Closure Has Cost More Than $300 Million, Edison Investors Told
Southern California Edison overlord Edison International reports it has lost more than $300 million since its two reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station went down last winter.So far.
Blogs
October 25, 2012
[BREAKING:] State PUC to Investigate San Onofre Nuclear Plant Woes
The California Public Utilities Commission, meeting at Irvine City Hall this morning, voted unanimously to investigate problems at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The results of that probe may effect the five-member panel's decision on whether Southern California Edison ratepayers ... More >>
Blogs
October 4, 2012
San Onofre Nuclear Plant Restart Proposed
Southern California Edison (SCE) announced today that it has submitted a proposal to federal regulators to restart one of two mothballed reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS). The plan would have Unit 2 run at 70 percent power for five months, shut down again and re-inspected ... More >>
Blogs
July 20, 2012
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Report Blames Computer-Model Errors for Woes
A final inspection report from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on the steam generator tube wear that has kept both reactors offline at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) since January blames computer model errors for the design flaws.
Blogs
June 24, 2012
Life in the Nuclear Family: On No-Nukes Nuns, Alison Bechdel, and San Onofre
Philip Larkin's famous and bitter poem, "This Be the Verse," about what Mom and Dad do to you has "faults" and a "coastal shelf" which suits me fine for some easy book talk this week by way of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, that toxic and dilapidated Three Stooges movie with the endearingly ... More >>
Blogs
June 19, 2012
[UPDATED with Edison Objection to Weekly Report:] Design Flaws Confirmed at San Onofre Nuclear Plant
See update at end of post where Southern California Edison takes issue with the Weekly's original report earlier this morning.ORIGINAL POST, JUNE 19, 8:58 A.M.: Design flaws resulted in San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) generators being unable to handle too high a flow of radioactive wat ... More >>
Blogs
June 8, 2012
It's Officially a Bummer Summer for San Onofre Nuclear Plant
Southern California Edison has officially confirmed what has been assumed for weeks: its San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station will not come back online this summer.The power giant is now looking at an August restart.
Blogs
May 30, 2012
San Onofre Nuclear Plant Adds Shaky Sensor Problem to Other Recent Woes
Vibration from an earthquake shaking the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) could cause sensors to malfunction that would prevent back-up emergency power from kicking on, plant operators concede. The latest problem is unrelated to the steam-generator tube wear that has kept the facility s ... More >>
Blogs
May 21, 2012
[UPDATED with "Industry Winning":] San Onofre Nuclear Plant Reopening Pushed Back as 1,300 More Damaged Tubes Found
UPDATE, MAY 21, 5:23 P.M.: The energy director of a Washington, D.C.-based consumer advocacy group calls Gregory Jaczko's resignation as chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) "a terrifying example of industries trying to wreak havoc on those who regulate them-and winning.""Jaczko sou ... More >>
Blogs
May 14, 2012
AES Huntington Beach Plant Up to Fill the Void of a Summer Without SONGS
Two retired natural gas-powered generators at the AES plant on Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach were fired back up this weekend to help with summer demand as the region struggles with the sudden loss of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. With SONGS down, Orange, Los Angeles and San ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2012
[UPDATED with VIDEO:] That 70s Show: San Onofre No Nukes Rally Sunday
UPDATE, APRIL 30, 10:01 A.M.: About 100 people marched to the gate of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Sunday to demand the facility be shut down.They were led by Irvine Mayor Larry Agran, who said nuclear power is an unsafe option for communities surrounding such plants. Video from the ral ... More >>
Blogs
April 27, 2012
Local Record Review: 'Flux' by Lucidiom
LucidiomFluxDHP RecordsSan Clemente always seems like the kind of place where there should be some sort of wasted-and-groovy garage psych band at work -- call it the mix of surfers and San Onofre. Plus there's the whole legacy of OC legends like Fu Manchu and Nebula, so Lucidiom kicking off their de ... More >>
Blogs
April 24, 2012
[UPDATED with New Spotting:] Gray Whale Entangled in Fishing Net
UPDATE, APRIL 24, 3:09 P.M.: The good news about the 40-foot gray whale who'd been entangled in a fishing net off Laguna Beach and San Onofre last week is it's headed in the right direction.The nonprofit Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach reports that the whale was spotted today off Gorda ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2012
More Unusual Tube Wear Found at San Onofre Nuclear Plant
Southern California Edison, operator of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), announced more unusual wear has been discovered on steam-generator tubes in the Unit 2 reactor and that it's consistent with the degradation that has left Unit 3 closed since January. While such wear is typica ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2012
San Clemente's Nuke Plant Radiation Mystery
The visitors arrived just a day short of the one-year anniversary of the March 11, 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami that wiped out the country's Fukushima nuclear plant and nearly caused a countrywide nuclear emergency. They were a pair of residents of Miyagi Prefecture who had come to San Cl ... More >>
Blogs
March 16, 2012
Leak at San Onofre May Bring Summer Blackouts
Download the Flashlight iPhone app, or if you're old-school, get out the scented Bath & Bodyworks candles. Orange County may be in store for the Summer of Rolling Blackouts, thanks to ongoing troubles at San Onofre.
Blogs
February 23, 2012
[UPDATED with Radiation Report OK'd:] Water Leak Shuts Down San Onofre Nuke Unit
UPDATE, FEB. 23, 10:01 A.M.: The San Clemente City Council is to receive a staff report March 20 that should help city leaders decide whether more radiation monitoring should be done in the town 2 miles from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).Some residents have called for stepped- ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2012
OCTA Thanks Congress for Transportation Bill Language Friendly to Finishing Toll Road
When one author praises another on a book jacket, and the second author then does the same on the first author's tome, that's logrolling. It's a practice that's also common among academics and movie critics. In politics, logrolling happens when political favors are exchanged, even among members o ... More >>
Blogs
November 21, 2011
San Onofre Nuclear Plant Targeted in Ballot Proposal That Can Start Collecting Signatures
Signatures can be collected for a state voter initiative that would effectively shut down San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.California's only other operating nuclear power plant in Diablo Canyon would also be mothballed should such a measure pass.Ben Davis Jr., the Santa Cruz activist who fo ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2011
[UPDATED with Normal Ops Resumed:] San Onofre Nuclear Plant "Non-Radioactive" Leak Prompts Evacuation
UPDATE, NOV. 2, 8:15 A.M.: Before we tell you normal operations have resumed at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) and the county has deactivated its Emergency Operations Center, has anyone suggested the incident was a heavenly prank pulled by recently crossed no-nuker Jeanie Bernstein ... More >>
Blogs
October 31, 2011
Jeanie Newman "Jeanie" Bernstein, Longtime Progressive Activist, Dies
After suffering from the effects of congestive heart failure for several months, longtime progressive and environmental activist Jean Newman "Jeanie" Bernstein died at her Laguna Beach home surrounded by her children and caregiver Angie on Oct. 22.She was 88.
Culture
October 13, 2011
WINNER'S CIRCLE: Rin Tanaka
[BEST OF 2011: GAME ON!] Author and photographer
Blogs
October 12, 2011
[UPDATED with Conditions of Injured:] Mysterious Explosion Rocks Newport Beach
UPDATE, OCT. 12, 2:09 P.M.: Newport Beach fire officials still haven't found the cause of an explosion that sent four people to a hospital this morning. Three are in serious condition with burns to their arms and faces, while the fourth, who drove to the hospital, sustained moderate injuries. A ... More >>
Blogs
October 7, 2011
241 Extension Builders Figure If You Can't Beat 'Em, Piecemeal 'Em
Developers of the despised Foothill (241) Toll Road expansion into San Clemente figure if you can't beat 'em, piecemeal 'em.That's the takeaway from a Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency committee approving $206 million be spent for the first four miles of a planned 16-mile extension ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2011
Allen Baylis, Surf City Lawyer, is Source on Stories About Red-Light Cameras, Nudity and Raëlians
Huntington Beach attorney Allen Baylis is making the media rounds this week thanks to two issues he regularly fights in court: government use of red-light cameras and government bans on public nudity.As Orange and Westminster this week consider joining Anaheim in banning red-light cameras, Baylis ... More >>
Blogs
July 7, 2011
Anti-Nuke Activists To Turn San Onofre Meltdown Scenario Into Street Art
If you live anywhere near the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, (SONGS) which straddles the border of Orange and San Diego counties near San Clemente and Camp Pendleton, then boy does the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility have a treat for you. All this week, according to a story in yesterd ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2011
[UPDATED with No Action:] San Onofre Nuke Plant Shutdown Tempts San Clemente City Council
UPDATE, JUNE 22, 4:36 P.M.: Travel back in time, kiddies, to one month and four days ago. The world was so much different then. Facing a full house of potential voters opposed to the continued operation of the nearby San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), the San Clemente City Council g ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2011
Stakes Raised in Re-Licensing San Onofre Nuke Plant
The folks who run the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)--and by "folks" I mean "Southern California Edison," or simply "SCE"--can't be happy with what's happening at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant up the coast near San Luis Obispo. Both plants were built in active earthquake zo ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2011
[UPDATED with Federal Action Sought:] No Neighboring Nukes Tempt San Clemente City Council
UPDATE, MAY 18, 11:31 A.M.: Facing a full house of potential voters opposed to the continued operation of the nearby San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), the San Clemente City Council decided Tuesday night to send letters to lawmakers seeking removal of radioactive waste from the plant. ... More >>
Blogs
May 9, 2011
[UPDATED: TCA's Thoughts] Time for a Rematch? TCA Rekindles 241 Toll Road Talks, Citing Japan Devastation; Surfrider Foundation Responds
Surfrider FoundationThe swindle'n continues.UPDATE, MAY 9, 4:20 P.M.: The basis for the most recent PR campaign--pushing the need for additional evacuation routes in the case of a emergency at SONGS or Camp Pendleton--was a concern expressed in a public poll from November 2010 (months before ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2011
San Onofre Officials: Our Nuke Plant's 100 Times Safer Than High School!
There's an interesting story on NBC San Diego's website about a wrongful-termination lawsuit that's apparently just been filed against Southern California Edison (SCE), the company that owns and operates the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, or SONGS. The suit was filed by Paul Diaz, a plant ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2011
Entrepreneur Wants to Harness the Power of Waves Near San Onofre to Generate Electricity
WikipediaSan Onofre Nuclear Generating StationThe waters off the coast of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) are being considered for a massive renewable, green-energy science experiment. The group that was granted permission by the federal energy regulators hopes to one day build ... More >>
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